Katia Forbert Petersen

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Katia Forbert Petersen
Born (1949-02-06) 6 February 1949 (age 75)
NationalityPolish, Danish
Other namesKatia Forbert
Occupation(s)Cinematographer, film director, producer, writer
Years active1973 – Present[1]
ParentWladyslaw Forbert (father)[2]

Katia Forbert Petersen (born 6 February 1949) is a Polish-Danish cinematographer, film director, producer, and writer, known for her work on the Danish-language films En fremmed piges dagbog (1989), Behind the Mountains (2004), and My Iranian Paradise (2008), among others.[3]

Petersen has been involved in approximately 150 documentary and feature films over her career, and has done work for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen in Germany and the National Film Board of Canada.[4]

Career[edit]

The daughter of Polish engineer and cinematographer Wladyslaw Forbert, Petersen spent her early career studying cinematography at the National Film School in Łódź, Poland. In response to the mounting anti-Semitic political crisis in Poland, Petersen emigrated to Denmark, where she held dual citizenship, after receiving her degree in 1969.[4]

Petersen joined the Danish Film Institute in 1973. Soon after, she managed cinematography for three feminist feature films: the Danish film Take It Like a Man, Madam (1975), and two German films: The Power of Men is the Patience of Women (1978) and Redupers: The All-Round Reduced Personality (1978). Since then, she has filmed and directed numerous feature and documentary productions in Denmark and abroad.[1]

Petersen is a frequent collaborator of fellow Danish women directors Annette Mari Olsen and Mette Knudsen. In 1988, Petersen and Olsen founded the production company Sfinx Film/TV, through which the duo continues to produce films together.[5]

Filmography[edit]

[2][6]

Year Film
Director Cinematographer Writer
1971 En husmor No Yes No
1973 Polske piger Yes Yes Yes
1975 Take It Like a Man, Madam No Yes No
1976 Frihed er ikke noget man får, det er noget man tager No Yes No
1976 Havets lavvandsfauna Yes Yes Yes
1977 Christiania No Yes No
1977 Kvinde og job Yes Yes Yes
1978 The Power of Men is the Patience of Women No Yes No
1978 Redupers: The All-Round Reduced Personality No Yes No
1979 Anarchiets land No Yes No
1979 Sammen med Lena Yes Yes Yes
1979 Plantagens lange skygger - En film om Sylvia Woods No Yes No
1979 Do We Start Off with a Dance? No No Yes
1980 En uge uden smil Yes Yes No
1980 Træerne og skovens folk No Yes No
1981 Jeg blir' så bange No Yes Yes
1981 En fugl under mit hjerte No Yes No
1982 Teknik for dig og mig Yes Yes
1982 Bjerg Eivind og hans hustru No Yes No
1983 Hærvejen No Yes No
1983 Syv billeder fra Hærvejen No Yes No
1983 Veras historie - en film om modstandskamp No Yes No
1984 Jeg vil ha' dig tilbage Yes Yes Yes
1984 Midvinter, Masketid No Yes No
1984 Betagelse Q-Q No Yes No
1985 Johanne fra Daugbjerg Yes Yes Yes
1985 Højt på en gren No Yes No
1985 Rødstrømper - en kavalkade af kvindefilm No Yes No
1986 Din daglige dosis No Yes No
1986 Jobtilbud i nazismens Tyskland No Yes No
1987 Mit søde barn Yes Yes Yes
1987 Holografi No Yes No
1987 En hård dags nat No Yes No
1988 Indvandrerkvinder 3 - Kvinde i eksil Yes Yes
1988 Jako Yes Yes
1988 Musen og dansepigen No Yes No
1989 En fremmed piges dagbog Yes Yes Yes
1989 The Old Folk's Dance No Yes No
1990 A Wanted Child Yes Yes Yes
1990 A Pig after My Own Heart Yes Yes Yes
1990 Stemmeret, Liberty, Equality and the Right to Vote No Yes No
1991 Klar besked - en film om prævention No Yes No
1991 Gud ånder på øjet, når det græder No Yes No
1991 Madsen's Hotel Yes
1992 Gud gav hende en Mercedes-Benz Yes Yes
1992 You Have to be Round to Live in a Globe Yes
1993 Dreams & Dreams No Yes No
1993 Lasse Lasse lille No Yes No
1994 Like Birds in a Cage No Yes No
1995 Man with Camera Yes Yes Yes
1996 Two Women on a River Yes Yes
1996 War is Not a Children's Game No Yes No
1996 Go West No Yes No
1997 Mit sprog som menneske No Yes No
1997 They Don't Burn Priests, Do They? No Yes No
1998 Cecilie's World No Yes No
1999 Filmhits for børn 4 (Sut slut finale) No Yes No
1999 The Time Before the Moment Yes Yes Yes
2000 Von Trier's 100 Eyes Yes Yes Yes
2000 Free as a Bird No Yes No
2001 Min egen motorhest Yes Yes No
2001 Konfirmanderne / Gud hvor er det svært No Yes No
2001 The Countess and Her Daughters No Yes No
2002 When Mum and Dad are Clowns Editor
2003 Det ulogiske instrument Producer
2003 Avation Producer
2003 It's All Good Producer
2003 5 hjerteslag Producer
2004 Behind the Mountains Yes Yes Yes
2004 Homulus spectaculus No Yes No
2006 Sound on Life Yes Yes Yes
2007 The Bird That Could Tell Fortunes Yes Yes
2008 My Iranian Paradise Yes Yes Yes
2008 Tomme rum No Yes No
2014 Mission Rape - A Tool of War Yes Yes Yes

Awards[edit]

  • Bronze Medal, New York Television Festival, 1990 for A Wanted Child[6]
  • Gold Medal, Prix National, Festival de la Commission des Communauts Europennes, 1990 for A Pig after My Own Heart[6]
  • Special Commendation Non-fiction, Television Programme of the Year, Prix Europa, 1991 for Madsen's Hotel[6]
  • Special Commendation for Serials and Documentary Miniseries, Prix Europa, 1992 for You Have to be Round to Live in a Globe[6]
  • Danish Association of Cinematographers Annual Award, 1992[7]
  • Best Director, European Youth Film Festival, Antwerp, 1997[6]
  • Grand Prix, ITVA-Festival, Copenhagen, 1997 for Two Women on a River[6]
  • Special Prize for Best Television Documentary, Prix Europa, 1997 for They Don't Burn Priests, Do They?[6]
  • Special Commendation, Prix Niki, 1997 for They Don't Burn Priests, Do They?[6]
  • 2nd Prize, Nordic Glory Festival, Finland, 1997 for They Don't Burn Priests, Do They?[6]
  • Best Documentary and Best Photography, ITVA-Festival, New Orleans, 1998 for Two Women on a River[6]
  • Aller Press Prize, 1999 for The Time Before the Moment[6]
  • Women's International Film and Television Showcase - Honorary Golden Mermaid, 2001[7]
  • Jury Prize, Taiwan International Children's Film Festival, 2004 for When Mum and Dad are Clowns[6]
  • Jury Prize, Taiwan International Children's Film Festival, 2006 for Behind the Mountains[2]
  • Robert Award for Best Documentary Short, 2007 for Sound on Life[2]
  • Nominated for the Oxfam Global Justice Award, 2014 for Mission Rape - A Tool of War[4]
  • Nominated for Best European TV Programme of the Year, Prix Europa Iris, 2014 for Mission Rape - A Tool of War[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Katia Forbert Petersen - dansk film database".
  2. ^ a b c d "Katia Forbert Petersen".
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285283/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm [user-generated source]
  4. ^ a b c http://sfinxfilm.dk/assets/dfi_film_idfa14_mag_single.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ "Employees".
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Sfinx Film/TV uk".
  7. ^ a b "VON TRIer's 100 EYES by Katia Forbert Peterson @ Brooklyn Film Festival".

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